I really thought that I could just concentrate on building my business
and not write about secession. But apparently I cannot. The stakes are
far too high, and I have a wife, three grown children and three
grandchildren.

You may thank the Irish philosopher Edmund Burke for my return to
these pages. He is principally revered for his support of the American
Revolution...the first act of secession on the North American
continent. And from this day forward, DumpDC adds Edmund Burke to our
Hall of Fame, along side Lysander Spooner and Thomas Paine.

This article is a sampler of Burke quotes, and what they will mean to
us in the coming days.

We begin with Burke's most often quoted line: "The only thing
necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

As I come back to DumpDC, I find that my position about secession has
hardened. Look at the top of this page. The sub-title now says: "It's
Secession Or Civil War. Choose One. There Is No Third Choice."

Will this make me popular? Likely not. I did not start DumpDC three
years ago to be popular. I am not looking for big numbers so I can
advertise on every square inch of white space on the website. I am
interested in changing hearts and minds about secession.

"Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he
could do only a little."

Going forward, be prepared to read secession articles that are
decidedly more strident and aggressive about secession. Why? Because I
see an ever-increasing commitment to lost causes in the Patriot blogs.
(St. Jude, you're needed once again.) It seems that they have been
brainwashed into the acceptance of a 50-state nation as the only
political entity that deserves to exist south of the Canadian border.
It's almost as if some of my friends say, "Other than secession, what
can we do to regain liberty? I know! Let's force Washington to obey
the Constitution! We'll sic the Tenth Amendment on them!"

Today's Patriot seems to embrace the plan with no hope of success
whatsoever (restoring the USA), with the highest probability of
failure (somehow forcing Washington to obey the Constitution), and the
highest probability of armed conflict and/or civil war (prepping for
economic collapse with DC still in charge).

That dog won't hunt.

DC politicos are not going to recognize ANY restriction on their power
to tax, borrow and spend. "But what about the new Tea Party members?"
you may ask. When a new Congress member gets to Washington, he or she
is absorbed into the system.

"Ambition can creep as well as soar."

Within weeks or months, that new Congress member is raising money for
his re-election campaign. All the while that new member tells his
constituency how he or she is there to serve them, and that their
votes count.

"You will smile here at the consistency of those democratists who,
when they are not on their guard, treat the humbler part of the
community with the greatest contempt, whilst, at the same time they
pretend to make them the depositories of all power."

When is the last time you heard anyone in Washington...Republican,
Democrat or Independent...seriously discuss spending only what DC
takes in by taxation? Or talk about shrinking the Federal government?
Or stop borrowing money?

"Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their
disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites...in
proportion as they are more disposed to listen to the counsels of the
wise and good, in preference to the flattery of knaves. Society cannot
exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed
somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be
without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that
men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their
fetters."

Today's politicians do not desire liberty. They thirst after power and
privilege. They are sociopathic personalities who wish to rule over
others. And those who love individual liberty and property rights must
not make deals with sociopaths. We must DEFEAT THEM.

"Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."

I have heard the leaders of some well-known state independence
movements say that they are dedicated to the legal, lawful separation
of their state from the US Federal Government. Those are mighty
fine-sounding words. But the Declaration of Independence was not
lawful in King George's mind. The Signers knew that they were pledging
"their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor." The also knew
that they were going to be hunted by Redcoats. The states of the
Confederacy in the early 1860s saw war on the horizon when they
seceded. Apparently, Lincoln didn't consider their secession lawful
either, and 600,000 men died in that "recent unpleasantness."

My point? Washington may not consider an Ordinance of Secession legal.
Secession is playing for keeps. Secession can be bloody business.
Promoting state independence and secession might cost you your life,
your property, your family and land you in a Federal prison. Should
that prevent you from being dedicated to state independence and state
nationhood? WILL that prevent you from working for liberty through
secession?

"No power so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting
and reasoning as fear."

Is your Editor scared? Hell yes, I'm scared. But not of dying. We are
all dead men walking. Everybody dies. But fear is tomorrow. Live in
the eternal now and escape fear.

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will
fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible
struggle."

Pragmatism REQUIRES secession. Which government is more manageable, a
small one or a large one? Which is more effective...scattered Patriots
defending their little patch of ground, or state militias in large
numbers? Which is more likely...local cops taking orders from Feds, or
local cops fighting AGAINST Feds after their state secedes? Which is
more probable...Federal troops invading your seceded state, or Federal
troops refusing to shoot other Americans?

Secessionists MUST band together if they truly love liberty. Liberty
is dead and buried in the United States of America. Federal control of
everything will continue to creep and grow like a brain tumor, until
it kills the host.

There is only ONE WAY to stop Washington...Secession.

It is my strong belief that secession in America will be met in
Washington with the same benign acceptance as happened in Moscow in
1989. I believe that in the likely scenario of economic collapse and
riots in cities...while DC is still in charge...Federal troops will be
widely used. However, I do not believe that this will occur as a
response to secession. Politicians are politicians. If DC looks at the
numbers of people in any given state that support secession, they will
capitulate.

I would rather see any American state secede before the inevitable
economic collapse that is on our horizon. But is it pragmatic? Will
the state legislatures, which are the farm teams for Congress,
suddenly find the courage and bravery to unite against Washington to
save their own states? I would love to see it, but I doubt that it
will happen that way.

The more likely scenario is that the Dollar will collapse,
hyperinflation or deflation will happen overnight, paper money will
become nearly worthless, and the first food riots will occur within
hours. Violent crime will explode, and the cities will burn from coast
to coast. Washington will be unable to deal with nationwide chaos.
Happily, there simply are not enough warm bodies in all branches of
the military combined to control all the chaos in fifty states
simultaneously. And, if the Dollar has collapsed, DC will have a tough
time paying its soldiers. Further, military desertion will decimate
the forces, as military personnel run for home to care for their own
families. So, the states will secede from the United States to seek
their own fortunes and destinies.

The mightiest nation to ever exist on planet Earth will die with a
whimper, just like the USSR did. And SOME states will become new
nations and change history forever.

Dear Readers, the time to work for independence and your status as a
new nation is NOW. And you can begin simply by talking about secession
with anybody that will stand still long enough for you to start a
conversation with them. For the ones that are interested, send them to
this website for more information. Most people won't get it. Most
people won't join you. Some will be hostile. You might get called
un-American or a Commie. But your job is to be a seed planter, not the
harvester. We are a long way from harvest time.

"Our patience will achieve more than our force."

Never give up. Never quit. Secession is GOING to happen, sooner or
later.

"Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair."

Think. Use your brain. Do not let anyone tell you how to think.
Question ALL authority. Free Your Mind.

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